50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 551 Die together?

Just as he was about to reach the shore, he discovered that there was a military camp on the opposite side of the river from the Huang family manor. Judging from the soldiers' uniforms, they were all regular soldiers.

He immediately thought of the 2000 soldiers sent by Army Colonel Latif, as reported by Huang Huizhong.

No wonder the Huang family was so flustered; it turns out they built their barracks right at the Huang family's gate.

It's easy to imagine that these soldiers weren't very well-behaved. The Huang family must have suffered a lot of harassment, and there must have been numerous extortion attempts against them for money and supplies.

It should be said that, apart from the soldiers of mainland China, the quality of soldiers in other countries around the world is not very good.

With the thought that the three warships in the port would soon be destroyed, there was no need for the army troops originally intended to counterbalance the warships to remain.

He checked the time; there was still some time before he arrived. He then moored the speedboat at the small dock and knocked on the back door of the Huang family's house.

Upon learning that Sun Zhiwei had arrived late at night, Huang Huizhong rushed out of his room with disheveled hair. He became agitated as soon as he saw Sun Zhiwei.

Sun Zhiwei took a few steps back in disgust, then told him to quickly call someone to prepare some food. He had been out at sea for more than six hours, exposed to the sea breeze, and was now exhausted and hungry.

Huang Huizhong dared not delay and quickly ordered the servants to start cooking, while he accompanied Sun Zhiwei to the living room for tea.

While waiting for the food, Huang Huizhong gave a detailed account of the current situation in Pontianak.

The newly arrived army officer had an insatiable appetite for bribes and kickbacks, and the city hall dared not offend these soldiers, so they could only try their best to satisfy their various unreasonable demands.

The Huang family lived so close by, so naturally they couldn't escape their extortion. Just a few days ago, the army major leading the team set his sights on Sun Zhiwei's diamond mine.

According to Huang Huizhong, although the Huang family tried their best to keep it a secret, news of the surge in diamond mine production still got out, which attracted the major's covetousness.

Sun Zhiwei is skeptical of this.

How could it be such a coincidence? Just when the Huang family was facing hardship, someone else learned the secret of the diamond mine. And only that major came knocking; no one else did. Was the leak a targeted attack? Ha!
So he looked at Huang Huizhong with a half-smile, but didn't say anything.

Huang Huizhong was sweating profusely under his gaze. He managed a weak smile and was about to say something when Sun Zhiwei spoke up.

"I have a bad temper. Anyone who tries to threaten me will pay an unbearable price, and the same goes for anyone who tries to take advantage of me."

He had barely finished speaking when he heard a violent explosion coming from the distant port.

Huang Huizhong quickly got up and looked towards the port. Before he could see clearly, a violent explosion came from the other side of the river.

He knew that the army camp of 2000 men was on the other side of the river, and such a terrible explosion meant that the camp had been attacked.

Because the Huang family lived very close by, the explosions on the other side of the river sounded even more intense.

Actually, the explosion at the port was truly terrifying, because it was an ammunition depot on a warship that exploded simultaneously—three warships' ammunition depots at once.

A warship weighing a thousand tons carries hundreds of tons of ammunition; one can imagine the power of such an explosion.

Meanwhile, at the army camp, it was just a dozen or so high-explosive shells from naval guns that Sun Zhiwei had dropped into the camp at the same time he heard about the port explosion.

However, the Huang family lived too close on the opposite bank, so they were naturally affected to some extent by the explosion.

The windows in the Huang family's house were mostly shattered, causing chaos in the house.

The explosions came one after another, continuously, and soon turned into two raging fires. But Huang Huizhong noticed that Sun Zhiwei didn't blink once from beginning to end, clearly aware of the explosions.

Thinking back to what Sun Zhiwei had just said, his face turned deathly pale, and his heart felt like it was about to stop beating.

Outside the window, a raging fire was burning, raising the temperature of the entire living room considerably, but it couldn't warm his cold body.

Trembling, Huang Huizhong knelt down on the ground: "I'm sorry, sir, I was wrong."

Sun Zhiwei didn't reply immediately. Instead, he picked up his glass, took a sip, and then said in a cold tone, "This is the last time. Next time, we'll uproot your Huang family."

“Yes, sir, there will absolutely not be a next time,” Huang Huizhong replied in a trembling voice.

Just then, a group of footsteps hurried into the living room. Huang Huizhong glanced at Sun Zhiwei, and seeing that he did not object, he helped himself up from his chair and reluctantly sat back down.

Soon, someone knocked on the living room door. It was the manor's butler, who came to report the situation in a panic.

"Mr. Huang, the servant who went to check the situation across the way has returned. The military camp across the way was completely engulfed by fire, and no survivors have been found so far."

"In addition, people were also sent from the port, but because of the distance, there has been no feedback yet."

"I understand. Go and lock the front door, and take stock of the damage to the house. Report back to me tomorrow. Don't worry about what's happening outside for now."

"Also, urge the kitchen to hurry up and serve the food; Mr. James is hungry."

"Yes, I'll go right away." Having received the order, the butler immediately felt reassured and led several servants to each room to assess the losses.

After the housekeeper left, Huang Huizhong got up with an awkward smile and poured tea for Sun Zhiwei.

Sun Zhiwei scoffed at Huang Huizhong's pride, but he didn't criticize him further.

He knows that people have limited abilities and can only do so much, so there's no need to get angry about it.

He simply lamented the scarcity of talented individuals, and that finding a few capable individuals who could stand alone was even more difficult than climbing to heaven.

In real society, people like Huang Huizhong are already considered capable; many more are even less capable than him.

Therefore, it is clear that although Sun Zhiwei transmigrated, he is not the protagonist of this world.

Because he didn't, like the protagonists in novels from his previous life, easily encounter talented but unappreciated people.

Moreover, the talented people instantly took a liking to the protagonist. With just a few casual words from the protagonist, they could win the other person's heart and become their subordinate.

He had only ever experienced such good things in his dreams.

Before long, the food in the kitchen was ready, and a table was set with eight dishes and a soup.

Sun Zhiwei thought everything else in the Huang Family Manor was just so-so, but the cooks there were really good.

He's right. He's not referring to the chef's exceptional skills, like being able to prepare a Manchu Han Imperial Feast or anything like that. Rather, he's referring to the fact that the chef can cook almost all common Chinese home-style dishes, which is quite rare.

Sun Zhiwei wasn't from a wealthy family, the kind who ate abalone and sea cucumber as a staple food. When it came to food, all he wanted was to be able to eat home-cooked meals regularly.

(End of this chapter)